Type-writing machine.



C. P. IVIOSHER.

TYPE wRmNG MACHmE.

y APPLICATVION FILED DEC.24. 1915. lpgy, Patented June 11, 198.

2 SHEETS-SHEET1 i llrml "-r [llllliillllllll C. P. NIOSHER.

TYPE WRITINGMACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.24. |915.

1,269,2. Patented June 11, 1918.

2 SHEETSHSHEET 2.

@Erla/LEES HEL 0F GRTON, NEW YORK, ASSI-NOR T0 CQBGNA f CU., A CGRPOBATION 0F NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHXNE.

meeneem To @ZZ whom t may] concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES Pinto liosnnn, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, and a resident of Groton,A county oi Tompkins, and State of New York? have invented certain new and useful improvements in TypewWriting Machines, of which the following is a iull, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention relates more particularly to foldable visible or front strike typewriting machines, and is a division of my application Serial No. 56,242, filed @ctober 16, 1915,

@ne of the principal features of the in- `vent-ion is to provide a mechanism irrespective oi? the means for operating said mechanism or the parts operated thereby7 Whereby a typevvriting machine having a universel Vor standard keyboard and relatively foldable parte may be moved 'to a folded or unfolded position. Without any disconnection Whatever between the operating means, as the lieys, and the means operated by said mrf. b anism. v

e mother feature of the invention is to provide simple and eliicient means whereby type-bars may be made toimpart an accelerated movement to a universal bar.

@ther features of the invention are to provide a simple and eliicient connection between a universal bar and an element operated thereby whereby the connection between the universal bar and said element may` be folded; to provide a. suspended type-bar actuated universal bar and means whereby mechanism may be operated by said universal bar; to provide means whereby a universal bar may be mounted upon a foldable support and an operative connection maintained between the universal bar and the letter-spacing mechanism for a platen carriage wherein said letter-spacing mechanism is mounted upon a non-folding support; and to provide simple and eiiicient relatively rotating parts, one partbeing adapted to be operated by one set or" mechanism mounted upon one `n'ieinloer of a supportand the other part of said mechanism mounted upon. anothermember 'of said support and adapted to impart movement to other mechanism.

A :further feature of the invention is to provide a simple and elcient universal bar other suitable means, and

Specification oletters Tatent. Patind Jun@ fili, llgg,

@riginal application flied ctcher 16, i915, Serial No. 56,242. Divided and this 24, i915. Serial llo. 68,536.

mechanism which may be readily made and assembled. l

With these and other objects in view, the

invention will be hereinafter more particuapplication tiled December p larly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, Which form a part of this application, and Will then be pointe'd out in the claims at the end of the description.

of oldable typevvriting machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view ena re-` duced scale, taken on the line lll-lli oi` rig. i.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section en a still z Fig. 1, the type-bars and parts of the keysmaller scale, taken on the line lll-lll of action being removed for better illustration.-`

Fig. 4l is a vertical section' taken on the line V-V of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sec- 1 tion through a part of the mechanism Whereby one part of said mechanism may befolded with respect to another'v without disconnection.

While the invention ris shown as applied. to a typevvriter'in Which an inclosing case is employed, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in a machine in which an ordinary or any preferred form of frame may be employed or a 'frame independent of such case, and that said invention may be employed in typewriters of ri ous constructions.

The casing-10 a main member ll and a top member or cover 12 which is hinged, f

and when s0 folded and the' cover l2tliercon moved over and forward, a substantiaily uniform. and regular inclosiinp; case ie vided. This member les may be held iV open position by means slotted as atl? to engage headed p studs lil. The stays are normally le;

, ced in. one direction by springs i9 and the slots are curved or so arranged that in one position the stays will act as a lock, and when forced against the springs 19 the case member 14 may be moved to its folded position.

A foldable support or memberl 20 is pivotally held to a transversely extending rod or shaft 21 which is rotatably supported in the sides of the main casing member 11. At the forward end of the foldable support 20 the latter is connected by links or legs 22 to the case member 14 so that the support 20 may be folded with the member 14 of the case, the distance between the pivots of the links corresponding to the distance between the hinge 15 and rod 21 to prevent such folding movement, though the lower ends of the links or legs need not necessarily be fastened to the case member 14:. The'support 2O has sides 23 which may be connected by a transverse bar 24 and mounted in said support 2O is a segment 25. Type-bars 26 are pivoted tothe segment in any suitable way, as to a rod 27, and said type-barsy are adapted to carry a plurality of type 27a and are supported at their outer ends on a cushion 28, the latter being held to a cushion supporting frame 29 extending outwardly from and supported by the segment. The type-bars are each normally forced in one direction by springs 30 and are each connected by a link 31 to one arm of a bell-crank lever Each bell-crank lever is pivotally held to a rod or support 33. There are four rods each being adapted to support a plurality of the levers 32. The bell-crank levers 32 each have one arm, as 34, provided with a cam edge 34 which is adapted to engage a cam edge 35 of key-operated levers 36. These levers 36 have keysa and are supported in groups or banks upon rods or supports 87, which latter are horizonte i arranged in the normal operative positie.- of the machine under the rods 33 and correspond in number to said rods 33. As each key is depressed the cam edge 35 will operate its coperating bellcrank lever and through a link 31 will move the type-bar upwardly and rearward for printing purposes, and by reason of the arrangement in groups or banks a substantially uniform touch is obtained.

The platen carriage 38 may have a rear guide orbase 39, the upper and lower edges of which are each provided with a groove which is opposed to a groove in transversely extending bars or members 40 and ll to provide upper and lower raceways for the carriage base or bed, said bars 40 and 41 being secured to a strengthening plate or member 42 held to the rear plate or wall of the main. casing member 11. Balls or other anti-friction devices 113 are arranged in the raceways to adapt the bed and carriage to travel easily transversely of the machine. The carriage may have end plates 44C in which is mounted to rotate the usual platen or roll 45. rllhe innesca ln a oldable typewriting machine it is necessary that provision be made whereby the folding principle involved will permit the operation of certain mechanism by the depression of the keys during the printing operation. As one means, l provide a universal bar a8 which is suspended by arms 19,

. the latter being pivotally held at 50 to lugs on the type-bar segment 25, there being as many arms L19 or supports as desired for said bar. rlihe universal bar 48 is curved substantially to the curvature of the segment 25 and is adapted to be engaged by the rear cam edge or portion 51 of each of the type-bars 26. The purpose of the cam edge or portion 51 of the type-bars is to start the universal bar gradually during the upward and rearward movement or' the type-bars and to give the universal bar an accelerated movement without altering the uniform character of the touch of the keys and in order that no sudden jar on the keys may be apparent to the operator when the type-bars start to aotuate said universal bar. At the rear of the universal bar are upwardly extending arms 52. These arms rest idly at their up-` per ends against the rear surface of the universal bar 48, and at their lower ends are held to a transversely extending rod 53, the latter being pivotally held at its ends in the sides of the support 20. Arms 54 project forwardly from the rod 53 and said arms have their forward ends slotted to engage pins 55 carried by the inner ends of arms 56. rlihe arms 5G are held tothe transversely extending pivot rod 21 and serve, when the universal bar moves the arms 52, to rotate the pivot rod 21, the latter bein rotatably held at its ends in the side mem ers of the main casing member 11.

rlhc rod or shaft 21 has a cam member'.r

57 secured thereto near one end thereof ad- ,acent to the outer surface of one oi the sides of the support 20, and this cam member is adapted to engage a slidable coperating cam member 58. The cam member 57 has lll? one or more substantially V-shaped or othermenace shaped and is pivoted at 64 to a lug on one of the sides of the main case member 1l and has its upper arm 65 extending inwardly and provided with a slotted or forked end 66 which is adapted to engage a pin 67 extending outward from a rod or element 68, so that on each movement of the lever 63 the said rod 68 by vmeans of the pin 67 will be rocked on its pivot pins or screws located at the ends thereof.

lli/'hen the keys 36a are depressed the levers 36 will operate the bell-crank levers 32 and through the links 3l will force the type-bars 26 to early the type 27 toward the platen .45. As tlc type-bars are forced upwardly and rearward to a printing position, theqcam portion or edge 51 et' each type-bar will move the universal bar 48. As the universal bar e8 swings rearward the arms 52 will be also moved and this will raise the arms 54. These arms 54e will through the pins 55 move the arms 56 and partly rotate the pivot rod or shaft 2l, and this partial rotationof the shaft or rod 21 will carry the cam member 57 therewith and impart a sliding movement to the cam member 58. Such sliding movement of the cam member 58 will r Ick the lever 63 on its pivot 64 and this modement of the lever 63 through its engagement with the in 67 will rock the rod 68. The rod or sha t 2l thus serves as the point of fold for the support 20 and the mecha nism operated by the universal bar, and said rod'may serve as the direct pivot for the foldable support 20 or may be held to rotate in stationary sleeves which form the direct pivot for said support 20.

The rod 68 or the lever 63 may serve as an element to operate other mechanisms, as for example the ribbon mechanism and escapement mechanism or either of them, or other parts of a typewriting machine, it being the intention o the present invention to claim broadly the universal bar, type-bar action and the means operated by the universal bar to permit relative Jfolding of the parte of a typewriter irrespective of the ultimate mechanism moved by said universel bar. As shown, the rod 68 is adapted to operate an escapement mechanism for the letterspacing movement of the carriage. The carriagehas a rack 69 secured to the base 29, and engaging this rack is a pinion 70, szlid carriage being attached to a exible connec-` tion 71 which passes about a spring drum 7 2 tending normally to force the carriage transversely of the machine. The pinion is held to a ratchet wheel 73, and the teeth ot" this ratchet wheel are engaged by aV pavvl 74 carried by a toothed wheel 75, said pawl permitting the carriage to be moved freely in one direction. rlhe toothed wheel 75 is engaged by the usual loose or li'mber dog 7 6 and fixed dog 7 7, said dogs being heldl to the -rod 68 so that when said rod is operated by an l of the key-operated levers 36 the dogsy wil be moved to permit the toothed wheel l 75 to escape and thereby permit the carriage to move a letter space at each depression of a key 36a in the usual Way.

It will be evident that the universal in the particular construction shown is foldbar able with the support 20 and the key action;

that one part of the universal bar mechanism is foldable with respect to another` or universal keyboard, antl'in the particular construction shown the support 20 andthe parts mountedthereon are foldable so as to` move the keys toward the platen to make the machine compact and to reduce the cubical contents thereof, and when folded, all the mechanism of the typewriter may be entirely inclosed and protected within the case, though as previously stated the invention is knot limited to a writing machine usingv an y lnclosmg case.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl, ln a visible typewriting machinepthe` f combination of a platen carriage, a toldable` support movable relat1vely to said platencarriage, types, key-operated levers forming a part of a universal keyboard and operatively connected to said types to move the same toward the platen and mounted with the types upon said foldable support, a universal bar, and a two-part foldable mechanism operated by the universal bar, apart of said mechanism being-mounted on said foldable support and foldable therewith away from the platen. carriage.

2. En a visible-typewriting machine, the combination of supporting means, a platen lll@ carriage movable along said supporting means, a ioldable support, a universal bar mounted upon said support, key-operated levers forming a part o'l' a universal keyboard mounted upon said foldable support, type-bars one for each key-operated lever 'also mounted upon said support and adapted to operate the universal bar, and foldable mechanism operatively connected to the universal bar. l

3.v ln a visible typewriting machine, the combination of supporting means, a platen carriage movable along said supporting' means, mechanism, a shaft operatively connected to move said mechanism, a bell-crank lever having; one of ils arms engaging a part ot said shaft to move the same and having its other arm slotted,a sliding cam member having a grooved portion engaged by said slotted-fend of the bell-crank lever, a spring normally forcing said member in one direction, a rotary shaft extending transversely of the machine, a cam. member held to said shaft and adapted to move the first-mentioned cam member against the tension of the spring to move the bell-crank lever, arms projecting outward from said rotary shaft and provided with pins, a rod, arms having slotted ends held to said rod andengaging said pins, upwardly extending arms held to said rod, a pivotally held universal bar adapted when moved to move said last-mentioned arms and thereby rotate the cam member carrying shaft, and hey- `operated levers operatively connected to move the universal bar When depressed.

fl. ln a visible typewriting,` machine, the combination of a platen carriage, a lever and means operated thereby, two-relatively movable cam members, one or' which is adaptedtoniove said lever, a universal bar, Jkey-oper-'ated levers operatively connected to move the universal bar iwhen depressed, and means operated by the universal bar to rotate one of said cam members. V

5. ln a visible typevvritingl machine, the combination of a platen carriage, mechanism coperating with the platen carriage, a bellcrank lever having one of its arms adapted to move said mechanism and having its other arm slotted, a sliding' cam member having a grooved portion engaged by said slotted end of the bell-crank lever, a spring normally forcing said cam member in one direction, a rotary shaft extendingr transversely of the machine, a second cam member held Lo said shaft and adapted to move the rst-mentioned cam member against the tension of the spring to move 'the bell-crank lever, arms projecting outwardly 'from said rotary shalt, a rod, arms held to said rod and operatively connected to the arms of the rotary shaft, upwardly extending arms held to said rod, a pivotally held universal bar adapted `When moved to move said arms and thereby rotate the cam member carrying shaft, and key-operated levers operatively connected to move the universal bar.

6. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen carriage, mechanism, a movable cam member operatively connected to move said mechanism. rotary shaft eX- tending transversely of the machine, a cam member held to said shalt and adapted to move the first-mentioned cam member, a universal bar, connections between the uni versal bar and the shaft to rotate said shaft, and means for operating the universal bar.

7. lin a visible typevvriting machine, the' combination of a platen carriage, a shalt,

a bell-crank lever having; one of its arms d the engaging a ci:

,3l same annA nav universal bar and neer-snee tion engaged by said slotted end ont the bellcrank lever, a spring1 normally forcing said member in one direction, a rotary shaft er;- tending transversely of the machine, a cam member held to said shalt and adapted to move the 5mt-mentioned cam member against the tension ci the spring to move the bell-crank lever, a pivotally held nniversal bar operatively connected to rotate the cam member carrying; shaft, and keyoperated levers operatively connected to move the universal bar when depressed.

8. ln a visible typevvriting machine, the combination of a platen carriage, a rotary shaft emtendinga transversely of the machine, arms projecting outwardly Jfrom said rotary shaft and provided with pins, a rod, arms having slotted ends held to said rod and engaging said pins, upwardly extending arms held to said rod, a universal bar adapted `when moved to move said last-mentioned arms and thereby rotate said shaft, Vand keyoperated levers operatively connected to move the universal bar when depressed.

9. ln a typevvriting machine, the combination of a platen carriage, mechanism coperating with said carriage, 'oldable key oper.- ated levers, a rotary cam member operatively connected with the hey operated levers, and a relatively movable cooperating cam member operatively connected to said mechanism, the axis oit said rotary cam member being coincident with the point et fold of said hey operated levers.

l0. ln a typevvriting' machine, the combination oi. a universal bar, an element operated by said universal bar, lrey operated levers, type bars operatively connected to the lrey operated levers and adapted to engage and operate the foldable operative connection between the said element to permit said bar and element to be folded relatively to each other.

ll. "in a typevvritin machine, the combination of a frame, a paten carriage movable in said frame, mechanism supported in the frame and cooperating with the carriage, a oldable support connected with the frame, a universal bar mounted en said support, key-operated levers mounted on the support, type bars'inounted on the support and operatively connected te actuate the universal bar, and a oldable and non-separable operating connection between the universal bar and said mechanism;

12. ln a typevvriting machine, the combination of a frame, an element 'mounted in the frame adapted to actuate a moving part oa typewriting machine, a oldable supl ort connected with the frame, a universal liar mounted on. the support, type bars mounted en the support, hay levers `mounted "t Wort noeratively connected to l universal haar',

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universal bar, and a m5 lil neeaeoe :Eoidable mechanism operatively connecting the universal bar and said element and having its point of fold common with that of said support. f

13. iin a typewriting machine, the combi nation of a frame, a rock shaft mounted in the frame adapted to actuate a moving part of a typewriting machine, a oldable support connected with the frame, a universal bar mounted on the support, type bars mounted on the support, key levers mounted on the support and operatively connected to actuate the type bars and universal bar, and oldable non-separable mechanism operatively connecting the universal bar and rock shaft.

14;. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a Jrame, a foldable support connected with the frame, a universal bar mounted on, the support, type bars mounted-f, on the support and o eratively connected" to impart an accelerated movement to the universal bar, key levers mounted on said support and operatively connected to actuate the type bars, an element supported in the frame adapted to actuate a moving part of the machine, and a foldable operating con' nection between the universal bar and said element. y

l5. ln a typewriting machine, the combination oi' a drame, a foldable support connected with the frame, a universal bar mounted on the support, type bars mounted on the support and operatively connected to impart an accelerated movement to the universal bar, key levers mounted on said support and operatively connected to actuate the type bars, an element supported in the frame adapted to actuate a moving part of the machine, and foldable non-separable mechanism operatively connecting the uni- 'versal bar and said element, the oint of fold of said mechanism being, coinci ent with the point of fold of said support.

16. in a visible typewritincr machine, the combination or a two-part supportcomprising a main member and a rontfxnember hinged to the main member to fold .upwardly and rearwardly, a platen carriage supported in the main member, key levers mounted on the ,front member, type bars mounted on said front member and normally held Ain a substantially horizontal po sition, a universal bar mounted on the front member, operating connections between the type bars and key levers permitting the type hars and key levers to fold with the front member, :an element supported in the main member for actuating a movable part of the maehine,'land a foldable operating connection between the'universal'bar and said element,

l?. In visible typewritng machine, the combination of 'a support comprising a main member and a front member hinged to the main member to fold upwardly and vrearwardly, a platen carriage supported in the nism connecting the universal bar and said element, said mechanism being foldable and maintaining a constant operative connection between the universal bar and said element.

18. in a visible typewritingmachine, the combination of a support comprising a main member and a front member hinged to the main member to fold upwardiy and rearwardly, a platen carriage supportedlin the main member, a universal bar mounted on the front member, type bars mounted on the front member and normally held in a sub Stantially horizontal position, key' levers supported on the iront member, connections between the key levers and type bars for moving the type bars upwardly and rearwardly toward the platen carriage, connections between the type bars and universal bar for operating the universal bar with an accelerated movement, an element supported Sil on the main member for actuating a moving part of the machine, and foldable operating mechanism connecting the universal bar and said element.

19. ln a typewriting machine, the combination of a frame, mechanism mounted in the frame, a rock shaft mounted in the frame and operatively connected to actuate said mechanism, a oldable support connected with the frame, type' bars mounted on the support, key operated levers mounted on the sunpport, a. universal bar mounted on the support and operatively connected to be L'-`moved when the key operated. levers are actuated, and a foldable connection between the universal bar and rock shaft -for rocking said Shaft.

20. ln a ty pewriting1 machine, the combination of a frame, mechanism mounted in the frame, a rock shaft mounted in the frame and operatively connected to actuate said mechanism, a r'oldable support connected with the frame, a universal bar mounted on said support, type bars mounted on the support and operatively connected to actuate the universal bar, keypperated levers mounted on the support, and a foldablc connection between the universal bar and said rock shaft for rocking the shaft;

21. ln a typewriting machine,l the com bination of a frame, mechanism mounted in the frame, a rock shaft mounted in the frame and operatively connected to actuate said mechanism, a ioldabie support conconnections between the nected with the frame, a universal bar mounted on the support, type bars mounted on the support, connections between the type bars and universal bar for operating the universal bar with an accelerated motion, lrey operated levers mounted on the support, key operated levers and type bars for actuating the type bars, and a oldable connection between the universal bar and roclr shaft for rocking said shaft.

22. ln a typewriting machine, the combination of a frame, mechanism mounted in the frame, a roclr shaft mounted in the frame for actuating said mechanism, a lever operatively connected to rock said. shaft, a rotatable shaft extending,l transversely ot the machine and supported in the Jframe, a cam lifted on said rotatable shaft, a coperating cam slidably and non-rotatably mounted on said shaft and adapted to actuate said lever, a universal bar, key operated levers operatively connected to actuate the universal bar, a support for the universel bar and lrey operated levers loosely pivoted oi the rotatable shaft and adapted to swing about said shaft to enable the support and trame to he folded relatively to each other, and means actuated by the universal bar for operating the rotatable shaft.

23. ln a typ'ewriting machine, the com bination of a frame, mechanism supported on the frame, a rotatable shaft journa-led in the frame transversely of the machine, key operated levers, a universal bar adapted to be actuated when said key operated levers are operated, a fold. ble support for the key operated levers and, universal bar loosely pivoted on said shaft, means actuated by the universal bar for rotating said shaft, said means maintaining an operative connection at all times, and means operated. bythe shaft for actuating said mechanism, said means maintaining.,` an operative connection at all times.

2a. ln a typewriting machine, the coinbination of a frame, mechanism supported :escasos in the trame, a rotatable shaft mounted in the frame transversely of the machine, key operated levers, a universal bar ,adapted to be actuated when said key operated levers are actuated, a foldable support for said lrey operated levers and universal bar loosely pivoted on said shaft, means actuated by the universal bar for rotating said shaft, and means operated by the rotation of said shaft for actuating said mechanism.

25. ln a typewriting machine, the combination of supporting means comprising two relatively oldable members, mechanism supported on one of said members, a universal bar supported on the other of said members, a rotary pivot shaft forming the point of fold between said members, and a foldable connection between the universal har and said mechanism for ,actuating said mechanism, the point of fold of said mechanism being coincident with the axis of said shaft.

ln a typewriting` machine, the combination of supporting means comprising two relatively foldable members, mechanism supported. on one of said members, a universal bar supported on theother o said members, a shaft `forming the point of told between said members, means operated by the universal bar and oldable therewith for rotating said shaft, and means operated by the' rotation of said shaft for actuating said mechanism..

27. ln a typewriting machine, the combination of a platen carriage, mechanism cooperating with said carriage, foldable keyoperated levers 'forming a part ont a standard keyboard, and two coperating relatively movable and rotatable cam members, one connected to the key-operated levers to be operated thereby, and the other connected to operate said mechanism, the axis of the cam members being coincident with the line of :told of the key-operated levers.,

This specification signed this 21st day oaf lec., A. D. 1915.

CHARLES .Plv-ULO MSHER.

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